Lill and Woolcock seal the Nedbank sani2c deal
Blend’s Darren Lill and Waylon Woolcock triumphed at the end of a final stage laced with drama to claim the 2015 Nedbank sani2c title over EAI Wheeler’s Johan Rabie and Swiss speedster Konny Looser whilst the dominant RECM pair of Cherise Stander and Ariane Kleinhans dominated once again to claim an emphatic overall women’s victory […]
Race on at Nedbank sani2c after thrilling second stage
The 2015 Nedbank sani2c men’s race is on a knife’s edge going into Saturday’s third and final stage after EAI Wheeler’s Johann Rabie and Konny Looser slashed overnight leader’s Waylon Woolcock and Darren Lill’s advantage to just twenty-eight seconds while the RECM Women’s pair of Ariane Kleinhans and Cherise Stander strengthened their stranglehold on the […]
Lill and Woolcock barnstorm first stage of Nedbank sani2c
Riding for their professional lives the Blend pair of Darren Lill and Waylon Woolcock blitzed the 79km first stage of the Race at the Nedbank sani2c from Glencairn outside Himeville to the Mackenzie Club to set up a handy two minute lead whilst it was the dominant RECM Women’s Team pair of Ariane Kleinhans and […]
Stars set to shine at 11th Nedbank sani2c
Much of South Africa’s top mountain biking talent rolled into Himeville on Wednesday ahead Thursday’s start of the Race event of the 2015 Nedbank sani2c while their more leisurely Adventure and Trail counterparts enjoyed their first and second stage outings respectively. RECM women’s team stars Cherise Stander (right) and Ariane Kleinhans (left) relax in the […]
Excitement and fun reigns on sani2c day one
The 2015 edition of the Nedbank sani2c began amongst a flourish of nerves and excitement in Underberg on Tuesday morning with riders in the first of the three races, the Trail, heading off on their three-day journey to Scottburgh on the South Coast in some fresh conditions although the day cleared up as riders arrived […]
Glencairn comes alive ahead of 2015 Nedbank sani2c opener
The 11th Nedbank sani2c mountain bike stage race the biggest of its kind in the world, gets underway on Tuesday as the first of three waves of around 1500 competitors set off on their three day long journey from Glencairn Farm at the base of Sani Pass to Scottburgh Main Beach on KwaZulu-Natal’s South Coast. […]
sani2c tree planting programme takes root
As thousands of MTB enthusiasts prepare to descend on the Southern Drakensberg for the 2015 Nedbank sani2c, the biggest multi-stage MTB race in the world, the impact of a passionate behind-the-scenes project to plant trees along the race route has started to blossom. The brain child of race director Glen Haw, the race has as […]
joBerg2c successfuls well prepared for Nedbank sani2c tussle
The dust stirred up by 2015 Old Mutual joBerg2c victors Johann Rabie and Gawie Combrinck has hardly settled and already the pair are relishing a return to the trails from Sani Pass down to Scottburgh Main Beach at this year’s Nedbank sani2c which takes place from 14-16 May. The EAI duo stood head and shoulders […]
Nedbank sani2c reaches out to local community
Since its inception, the Nedbank sani2c has involved local community organisations to contribute and benefit from the three stage MTB event every Autumn and few bear out this philosophy more than the Underberg-based Pevensey Place. Residents from Pevensey Place – a unique commune for people with Cerebral Palsy based in the foothills of the Southern […]
Sasol women seek joBerg2c & sani2c double
Fresh off their victory in the 2015 Old Mutual joBerg2c, Sasol Racing’s Yolande de Villiers and Catherine Williamson have already shifted their focus to a strong showing in the women’s clash of the upcoming Nedbank sani2c which takes place from Glencairn Farm at the base of Sani Pass to Scottburgh Main Beach on KZN’s South […]
Strong bond continues between schools and sani2c
When the thousands of avid MTB riders take part in the popular three stage Nedbank sani2c, ten local schools get involved in providing essential services to the trio of races, and in the process ploughing funds back into their school coffers in line with the race business model of empowering and benefiting as many community […]
Kleinhans & Bell return for Nedbank sani2c rematch
Double mixed title winner Erik Kleinhans and 2013 men’s race winner Nico Bell are looking forward to returning to the trails of the Nedbank sani2c come 14-16 May 2015 as they look to right the ‘wrongs’ of last year’s contest. Towards the back end of last year’s race’s second stage Kleinhans and Bell were just […]